Combining animal movements and behavioural data to detect behavioural states

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1228-1237

  Nams, Vilis O ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Behavioural states; Breakpoints; Correlated random walk; Segments; Spatial scale; Turning angles

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84908282601     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12328     Document Type: Article

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